Through his published articles and book, Lew has built a distinguished reputation for providing insightful perspectives and rigorous analysis on the issues confronting local government teams.
Published articles by Lewis Bender, Ph.D. are available by clicking on links below.
Is it time to change your recruiting message?
“It doesn’t matter whether the public works operation is large or small, urban or rural, or specializing in roads, water, parks, or wastewater. The same complaints resonate across the profession. How can we meet rising demands and attract and retain qualified people?…”
Successfully Leading Local Government Teams is a collection of stories that describe the unique challenges facing public sector teams that their private-sector counterparts do not face.
It contains stories that describe the struggles, victories, defeats, and challenges of local public-sector service organizations.
The focus is on how problem people impact leaders and team members and how to handle their games. Each of the stories in this book reflects events and situations that happened.
Names, places, and many contributing factors have been changed to protect the guilty and the innocent people described in these stories.
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